This has nothing to do with autism. But I’m a teacher/media specialist, and I know that many of you have children and grandchildren out there who might benefit from this. I created this today (along with our language arts team and a FDOE writing consultant) to help our struggling writers understand the writing prompt and keep their focus. Kids often don’t understand what effective writers ask themselves during the writing process. We will be using this to help them analyze a variety of writing prompts and essays as well as to write/evaluate their own essays. This can be used with both middle schoolers as well as high school students. If you are a teacher, feel free to copy and use to your heart’s content. :)
Thank you, now I’ve finally managed to download it. With your permission I will forward your guide to my (dyslexic) son who is busy writing essays at college.
May I make one more observation? I don’t know what age group your guide is aimed at, but I am quite certain that many kids will not be sure of the meaning of ‘expository’ and possibly even ‘persuasive’ … sad, but true…
Best regards
Thank you! My oldest really struggles with writing.
What a great idea! I’m reminded of my English teacher who gave us three “unbreakable rules” for writing an essay:
1. Say what you’re going to say.
2. Say what you have to say.
3. Say what you’ve just said.
Also known as, Introduction, Body and Conclusion!
I discovered later that they are also applicable to public speaking and teaching…